Though angry and skeptical, David agrees to go along with Dan's plan to save Abra. Abra asks for Dan's help, and he reveals his connection with Abra to her father David and their family doctor, John Dalton. The True Knot begin to die off from measles contracted from Bradley Trevor they believe that Abra's steam can cure them. The True Knot's leader, Rose the Hat, becomes aware of Abra's existence and formulates a plan to kidnap Abra and keep her alive, making her produce a limitless supply of steam. The True Knot members wander across the United States and periodically feed on 'steam', a psychic essence produced when people who possess the shining die in pain.

One night, Abra psychically witnesses the ritual torture and murder of a young boy, Bradley Trevor, by the True Knot, a group of quasi-immortal nomads who possess their own psychic abilities. As she grows, the contact becomes more conscious and voluntary, and her shining grows stronger than even his. She slowly and unintentionally establishes a telepathic bond with Dan through Tony, Dan's childhood 'imaginary friend'. In the meantime, Abra Stone, a baby girl born in 2001, begins to manifest psychic powers of her own when she seemingly predicts the 9/11 attacks. Aided by a cat, 'Azzie', that can sense when someone is about to die, Dan acquires the nickname 'Doctor Sleep'.

His psychic abilities, long suppressed by his drinking, re-emerge and allow him to provide comfort to dying patients. He settles in the small town of Frazier on a psychic hunch, working first for the Frazier municipal department and then at the local hospice, and attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Dan spends years drifting across the United States, but he eventually makes his way to New Hampshire and decides to give up drinking. Dick Hallorann, the Overlook's former chef, teaches Danny to create mental lockboxes to contain the ghosts, including that of former Overlook owner Horace Derwent.Īs an adult, Danny (now going by Dan) takes up his father's legacy of anger and alcoholism. Massey, the woman from Room 217, still want to find Danny and eventually consume his phenomenal 'shining' power. The two are living in Florida, but angry ghosts from the Overlook, including Mrs. The novel was adapted into a film of the same name, which was released on Novemin the United States.įollowing the events of The Shining, after receiving a settlement from the owners of the Overlook Hotel, Danny Torrance remains psychologically traumatized as his mother Wendy slowly recovers from her injuries. Doctor Sleep won the 2013 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. The book reached the first position on The New York Times Best Seller list for print and ebook fiction (combined), hardcover fiction, and ebook fiction.

Doctor Sleep is a 2013 horror novel by American writer Stephen King and the sequel to his 1977 novel The Shining.

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